Collar-support.



G. B. SMITH. COLLAR SUPPORT. APPLICATION r1120 Aue.11.1913.

Patented June 15, 1915.

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GILMAN' B. SMITH, 0F MONTGLAIR, NEW JERSEY.

COLLAR-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1915.

Application filed August 11, 1913. Serial No. 784,223.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GILMAN B. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Montclair, in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and'useful Improvements in Collar-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to supports or stiffeners for garments, particularly for collars of thin and limp material such as are worn by women.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide an easily and economically made collar support or stiffener, having a portion composed of fabric, preferably such as can be washed when soiled and an easily removable and replaceable elastic member of sufficient strength to hold the collar 'yieldingly in its proper position and shape when worn.

The invention consists of the novel construction, arrangement and combination of various devices and parts, as illustrated in the drawings forming part of this application and as fully described in this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the back of a collar support constructed according to my invention; and Fig. 2 is a sectional View of one end of the same.

In carrying my invention into effect in the embodiment thereof shown in the accompanying drawings, I provide a stiffening member 5, constructed of a strip of comparatively rigid but yetresilient material, as celluloid or the like, of suitable length.

I also provide a member constructed of fabric, preferably a wash fabric, provided with pockets adapted to receive the ends of the member This fabric member is constructed as follows: I provide a strip of fabric 6,

g of greater length than the stiffening member 5, and of somewhat greater width, as shown in Fig. 1. This strip is folded over upon itself at the points 30, thus forming a double layer of fabric between the said points 30 and the ends 27 of the strip. This double layered portion is again folded over in the same direction, (see Fig. 2) at the point 29, which is nearer the point 30am to the end 27 A double line of stitches is then run down the edge of the strip, as shown at 10 in Fig. 1, the distance between the rows of stitches being somewhat greater than the width of the stiffening member 5, which stitches serve to hold together the layers of fabric at the end of the member 6, and to form pockets 11 at the ends, into which the ends of the stifiening member 5 may be inserted by bending the said member 5 and slipping its ends into the said pockets.

I am aware that collar supports have been previously known in the artwhich comprise a stiffening member and a fabric member provided with pockets into which the ends of the stiffening member may be inserted, and I do not claim such a construction broadly. It will be observed, however, that in a construction embodying my invention, the pockets are of double thickness at the bend 29, thus giving greater durability at the point where it is most needed. It will also be observed that owing to the distance between the end 27 and the fold 30, it is easy to avoid inserting the stiffening member 5 behind the said end 27, where it would have to wear through but one thickness of fabric instead of two. This feature I believe to be new in this art.

The advantages of my invention will be obvious from what has been above said as to its construction and method of use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

A support or stifiener for collars and the like, comprising a stiffening member of comparatively rigid but resilient material, and a fabric member having the end portions thereof folded over so as to form a double layer of material, and having the double layered portions of the fabric again folded over at a line between the middle line of said double-layered portion and the line of said first fold, so as to form a four-layered portion, said second fold being made on the same side of said fabric member as said first fold, the edges of said folds being stitched together to form pockets.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 6th day of August,'1913, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GILMAN B. SMITH.

Witnesses:

EDMOND CONGAR BRowN, G. B. SMITH, Jr.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). 0. 

